Gen. 1:1–5
Isa. 43:1–7
Matt. 22:1–14
2 Cor. 4:3–6
Ever since the fall into sin, God’s image-bearers have not responded to God’s call properly without His grace intervening. If we are unable to respond when God calls us to belief his Word, then what is the solution? “The Holy Spirit works faith in our hearts by the preaching of the holy gospel and confirms it by the use of the sacraments."
